The change became effective on 1 May 2026. The former main portal of the Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Laut, or DJPL, now displays a transition notice telling users that operational services and information have officially been transferred to MaritimHub as part of what the Directorate describes as a national digital transformation of maritime services.
For shipping companies, port operators, terminal businesses and other users of Indonesia’s maritime administration, the shift is more than a change of website address. Many regulatory processes are increasingly dependent on digital submissions, account access and electronic status tracking. A company that continues to rely on an old portal, an outdated bookmark or an internal procedure that no longer matches the government platform can face avoidable delays even where the underlying legal requirement has not changed.
MaritimHub describes itself as an integrated services and data portal developed by DJPL to consolidate maritime services within a single digital platform. The public site covers service models for citizens, government employees, businesses and other government bodies, while the main dashboard brings together regulatory services, maritime information and application tracking.
A service portal, data hub and application tracker in one place
The scope of the platform is already broad. MaritimHub’s public dashboard displays data on registered vessels, public ports, Terminal Untuk Kepentingan Sendiri (TUKS), Terminal Khusus (Tersus), vessel traffic services, navigational aids and other elements of Indonesia’s maritime infrastructure. It also includes a function for users to track the status of applications.
Its integrated maritime-services catalogue contains a growing list of applications and administrative processes, particularly in the port sector. Examples include processes for the construction, development, operation and adjustment of Tersus and TUKS facilities, together with other DJPL services.
Individual service pages can go beyond a simple application link. For example, a MaritimHub page dealing with adjustment of a Terminal Khusus operation sets out the purpose of the service, its target users, an indicative processing time and the supporting documents required, including existing permits, a risk-based NIB, evidence of control over the terminal area, environmental approval and evidence of payment of relevant non-tax state revenue.
That level of detail makes the platform potentially useful as a practical compliance reference. But companies should still distinguish between the portal’s service instructions and the underlying legal requirement. A digital checklist helps a user prepare an application; it does not replace the regulation, licence condition or technical rule that creates the obligation in the first place.
MaritimHub also changes how internal users need to manage access
DJPL’s digital model increasingly relies on integrated user access rather than a collection of unrelated application accounts. The platform refers users to integrated maritime applications and DJPL account access, while MaritimHub’s user manual explains how logged-in users can submit service applications and monitor processes from the platform.
The manual describes two application pathways: services submitted without integration to Indonesia’s Online Single Submission system and services that are integrated with OSS. That distinction is relevant for legal and corporate teams because an application may require information to be consistent across more than one government system.
A practical weakness in many organisations is that portal access sits with one operational employee and is not documented centrally. When that employee moves roles, leaves the company or loses access to an email address or authentication device, regulatory work can become unnecessarily difficult. The move toward an integrated platform makes access governance more important, not less.
Companies using MaritimHub should therefore know which corporate account is used, who is authorised to submit applications, who can see pending matters and who is responsible for following up a request that remains incomplete or receives a government query.
The migration should trigger a review of compliance workflows
The 1 May migration date is particularly relevant for businesses whose standard operating procedures still refer to the old DJPL portal. Those procedures may appear administrative, but they often sit behind legally significant actions such as licence applications, terminal approvals, vessel-related submissions and regulatory renewals.
Internal checklists should now identify the current MaritimHub service page, the responsible user, the documents that must be prepared and the evidence that should be retained after submission. Where the platform generates an application number, receipt or status screen, companies should save that evidence to the relevant matter or compliance file rather than assuming it will always remain accessible online.
The same approach should be taken to deadlines. An electronic portal may make an application easier to submit, but it does not remove the need for an internal renewal calendar. Where a permit, approval or certificate expires on a fixed date, the company should calculate its submission lead time independently of any reminder generated by the government platform.
Data consolidation could become as important as the service catalogue
MaritimHub is also notable because DJPL presents it as a data platform, not simply an online licensing portal. The public interface currently displays national figures for ports, TUKS, Tersus, registered vessels and other maritime infrastructure. It also provides links to vessel schedules, regulatory information, document verification and other DJPL resources.
For the industry, that direction could have longer-term consequences. A more connected government data environment can make inconsistencies between corporate filings, vessel information and regulatory records easier to identify. Businesses should therefore pay closer attention to whether information submitted through different systems remains aligned — including corporate names, NIB data, vessel particulars, terminal information and responsible personnel.
It may also improve public access to information that was previously fragmented across multiple DJPL websites and applications. For foreign shipowners, lenders, insurers and counsel dealing with Indonesia, that could gradually make certain aspects of Indonesian maritime due diligence easier, although the reliability and legal effect of each dataset still needs to be assessed separately.
What industry users should do now
Companies that regularly deal with DJPL should first identify which internal procedures still refer to the pre-May 2026 portal. Those links and instructions should be replaced with the relevant MaritimHub workflow.
The company should then review account ownership and user access, particularly where an employee’s personal details are being used for a corporate regulatory process. Pending applications should be checked against the platform’s tracking function, and recurring services should be mapped to the relevant MaritimHub page so that the legal or compliance team can see what documents and approvals are required before a submission is started.
Finally, businesses should continue to retain their own regulatory records. The transition to MaritimHub is intended to make the government interface more integrated and transparent, but corporate evidence of filing, approval and compliance should not exist only inside a third-party government system.
For Indonesia Watch, the development is worth following because MaritimHub is becoming part of the infrastructure through which maritime regulation is implemented in practice. It also sits within a wider international move toward digital port clearance and Maritime Single Window systems. As additional services migrate or become integrated, understanding the platform will increasingly form part of understanding how Indonesian maritime businesses interact with the regulator.
Primary sources
- Directorate General of Sea Transportation — main portal transition notice, confirming migration to MaritimHub from 1 May 2026.
- MaritimHub — official portal.
- MaritimHub — integrated maritime-services catalogue.
- MaritimHub — user manual.
- MaritimHub — example Terminal Khusus service page.
Source note: Maritime Legal Business prepared this article from official DJPL and MaritimHub materials. Platform functionality, service availability and technical requirements may change as the system develops. This article is for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice.